Discontinued Bus Services

Tony Devenish: How many bus services in London have been discontinued since May 2016?

The Mayor: The bus network is constantly changing to better match capacity to demand, which has fallen by 4.5 per cent since May 2016. Transport for London (TfL) is currently operating over 650 bus routes across London.
Since May 2016, 12 bus services have been withdrawn in London. Of these, five have been replaced by restructuring/extending existing services, two were due to school relocation, and five routes were withdrawn due to changes in passenger demand. None of these resulted in any roads no longer being served by a bus route, and other services were enhanced to help customers affected by changes. In the same period, eight new routes have been introduced.
The changes TfL has made to modernise the bus network will prepare it to accommodate future growth, for example in outer London - where the last TfL Business Plan sets out year-on-year increases in bus mileage.